A top commander in the Russian army has been killed during fighting near Kharkiv, according to Ukraine’s ministry of defence intelligence service.
Kafuraha Media cannot independently verify the claim; Russian officials have not commented.
According to a statement from Ukraine’s defence ministry, Vitaly Gerasimov was a major general, chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of Russia.
A number of senior Russian army officers were also killed and wounded, it says.
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Ukrainian intelligence says Gerasimov took part in the second Chechen war and the Russian military operation in Syria. He received a medal “for the return of Crimea”.
Ukrainian officials tweeted out a photo of someone they said was Gerasimov, with the word “Liquidated” in red letters across the bottom.
